Attaching means for gun-silencers.



A. T. PRATHER.. ATTACHING MIE-A NS FOR GUN SILENCERS. APPLICATION FILEDNov. I4, 1914.

` Peeeneed Feb. 8.1916.

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'ATTACHING MEANS. Foru cUN-siLENcEns.

Specicaton of Letters Iatent.

Patented Feb.s,191e.

Application'ed November 14, 1914. Serial No. 872,150.

- To all whom it may concern VBe it known that I, ANDREw T. PRATHER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Rodeo, in the county ofGrant and Stateof New Mexico,have invented a new and Improved AttachingMeans for Grun- Silencers, of which the following is a' clear, andexactdescription;

. My invention has for its object to -provide-,means for securing a themuzzle vof a gun in a manner which will direct all the explosive gasesthrough the silencer,thereby preventing anyl escape o l5 means and thebarrel ofthe gun.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingspecification, in which the preferred form of'my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall of the views, in which- -Figure 1 is a View showing a gun silencerattached by my improved means to the muzzle of a gun. Fig. 2 is anenlarged sectional view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3' is a sectional plan view. ofFig. 2; Fig. 4 is a transverse .sectional view on the line 4--4 in Fig.1', 'and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the sleeve used with myfastening means.

The drawings show my invention use with a gun having a barrel 10 angularin cross section. With a gun having such a barrel, it is impossible, asnow provided to prevent the explosive gases from passing rearwardly fromthe muzzleof the gun between the gun barrel and the means which -areused for attaching the silencer to the gun barrel. `.With my invention,this diffi- Aculty is overcome, for the sleeve 11 which is securedaround the muzzle 12 of the gun barrel 10, has a"threaded opening 13 inwhich meshes the outer thread'onA a nipple 14, the nipple being turnedhome against the end ofthe muzzle 12. This makes a tight joint betweenthe .muzzle 12 of the un and the sleeve 11, thereby preventing any oftheexplosive gases from passing rearwardlv between the sleeve 11 and themuzzle 12. The nipple 14 projectsbeyondf the sleeve 11 and meshes in athreaded opening 15 in the silenceigelG- in the usual manner. n thedrawings, I show a silencer of the Maxim type, but it will be understoodthat other types of silencers may be used with my invention.

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gun silencer to the gases' rearwardly between the fastening' ving avprojection and As will best be seen by referring'to Fig. 5 of thedrawings, the sleeve 11 has a longitndm'al slot 17 and a slot 18 at theopposite s1de,the slotl being provided to permit the arms 19 of thesleeve 11 toA pass rearwardly of the gun sight or other projection A20.`on the.. barrellO. In the arms`19 there are grooves 21 in which aredisposedthe "ends 22 of a transverse strap 23. The ends of thistransverse strap 23 are secured to the arms 21 by the set screws 24,which are disposed through the orifices 25 in the arms 19; and whichmesh in threaded orifices 26 1n the arms 19. When' the strap 23 isdisposed against the rear of the sight 2O and the nipple 14 is turnedhome against the end ofthe muzzle 12,

and when the outer end of the nipple 14 is in mesh with the inner thread15 on the silencer 16 and the silencer is turned home against the sleeve11, it will be found lthat any escape wardly of the muzzlev of the gunbetween the muzzle .12 and the sleeve 11, will be prevented.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Fatent- 1. In an article of the class described, a

d silencer with a threaded opening, a sleeve,

the sleeve to the muzzle of a gun, the sleeve being provided with athreaded opening, and a nipple with an outer thread. having one endmeshing in the second threaded opening for abutting against the outerend of the muzzle of a gun, the other end of the nipple'projecting fromthe sleeve for meshing in the threaded mea-ns for securing ofV theexplosive gases rearthe sleeve 11 will be held i firmly 1n placerelative to the gun barrel opening in the silencer to permit thesilencer.

to turn home against the sleeve to accommodateI the adjustment of thesleeve rela tively to the gun barrel.

2. In an article of the class described, a sleeve having a longitudinalslot, a ban disposed across the slot, means for securing the ends of4the band t o the sleeve, there being an inner thread in the outer endof the sleeve, and a nipple with an outer Vthread meshing with thethread in the sleeve for turning home against the muzzle of a gundisposed in the sleeve, the nipple projecting from the lsleeve-'for thepurpose specified. j

3. In combination with a gun barrel hav- 'los a silencer having a vthreaded opening, a sleeve having a longitudinal Aslot in which theprojection 0n the gun barrel is disposed, a band disposed aoross theslot in the rear of the projection, means for securing the ends of theband to the sleeve, there being an inner thread in the outer end of thesleeve; and a nipple with an outer thread meshing With the thread in thesleeve and abutting against the end of the gun barrel, the outer end ofy the nipple meshing inthe threaded opening in the silencer.

4. In combination with a gun barrel havinga sight and asilencer having athreaded opening, a sleeve, means for securing the sleeve to the gunbarrel relativelyT to the sight, there being an inner -thread in theCopies of this patent may be obtained for silencer to permit thesilencer to turn home against the sleeve to accommodate the adjustmentof the sleeve relatively to the gun barrel.

.In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence 0I' two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW T. PRATI-IER.

Witnesses:

PATRICK MCLEAN, B. F. SANFORD.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D.C.

